Place (Village), Rachel Whiteread

On display from 25 March 2017

Rachel Whiteread’s celebrated artwork Place (Village) (2006-2008) is a sculptural work featuring a ‘community’ of around 150 Dolls’ houses which were collected by Whiteread over 20 years. The artwork joins the 100+ Dolls’ houses in the Museum collection.

The large-scale artwork is an assembly of vintage Dolls’ houses in a variety of architectural styles and averaging around one metre high. The houses sit on stepped platforms, evoking a sprawling hillside ‘community’. The houses are lit from within, but deserted, their emptiness evoking haunting memories and melancholy.

V&A Museum of ChildhoodBethnal Green

The Museum is open daily from 10.00 to 17.45 in Bethnal Green, London.